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Mobile ransomware disguised as upcoming Canadian Covid-19 contact tracing app
Posted on 26-06-2020https://www.scmagazine.com/home/security-news/ransomware/mobile-ransomware-disguised-as-upcoming-canadian-covid-19-contact-tracing-app/
Capitalizing on a Canadian government announcement pertaining to the development of a nationwide, voluntary Covid-19 contact tracing app, malicious actors this month created a fake version of such an ...
Ransomware gang claims attack on LG Electronics
Posted on 26-06-2020https://www.scmagazine.com/home/security-news/ransomware/ransomware-gang-claims-attack-on-lg-electronics/
The Maze ransomware gang is claiming on its data leak website to have stolen files from South Korean company LG Electronics. “Soon you’ll be able to know how the LG company have lost the s...
New Bill Targeting ‘Warrant-Proof’ Encryption Draws Ire
Posted on 25-06-2020https://threatpost.com/new-bill-targeting-warrant-proof-encryption-draws-ire/156877/
The Lawful Access to Encrypted Data Act is being decried as “an awful idea” by security experts. Privacy advocates are decrying a new bill, which would force tech companies to ...
Self-Propagating Lucifer Malware Targets Windows Systems
Posted on 25-06-2020https://threatpost.com/self-propagating-lucifer-malware-targets-windows-systems/156883/
A new devilish malware is targeting Windows systems with cryptojacking and DDoS capabilities. Security experts have identified a self-propagating malware, dubbed Lucifer, that targets Windows s...
State-based cyber attack an 'affront to Australia's sovereignty', former cyber security adviser says
Posted on 23-06-2020https://www.9news.com.au/national/australia-cyber-security-attacks-federal-government-criticised-inaction-scott-morrison-chris-bowen-politics-news/c09d2145-d4f1-4990-9ef3-4904f8a2b056
A former cyber security adviser to the federal government has hit out at those behind the cyber attacks on Australia, describing it as "abhorrent" behaviour but wouldn't go as far as naming the...